Taverner: Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas

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--Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas--
Regardless of Taverner's other composition timings, this mass comes from a relatively early period. The ornate style of the 1510s and 1520s is very evident here. It continues to inspire composers down to this day. The mass is named for chants for Trinity Sunday. It includes treble, mean, countertenors, tenor and bass. The music in the movements is roughly the same length despite varying text amounts.

There are two additional pieces, the 'Leroy' Kyrie and the Dum transisset Sabbatum, more austere and simple in form. This hearkens to the older English tradition of keeping the Kyrie separate from the canon of the mass.

--Liner Notes--
Being internationally acclaimed, the Tallis Scholars' CDs typically present their commentary and texts in English, French, German and Italian (together with any Latin texts); that is true of this disc. The cover art also typically represents visual arts contemporary with the compositions - here it is a piece by from an illuminated initial in 'Les Grandes Heures de Jean duc de Berry', being of essentially the same time period as Taverner.

--The Tallis Scholars--
The Tallis Scholars, a favourite group of mine since the first time I heard them decades ago, are a group dedicated to the performance and preservation of the best of this type of music. A choral group of exceptional ability, I have been privileged to see them many times in public, and at almost every performance, their singing seems almost like a spiritual epiphany for me, one that defies explanation in words. Directed by Peter Phillips, the group consists of a small number of male and female singers who have trained themselves well to their task.

Their recordings are of a consistent quality that deserve more than five stars; this particular disc of pieces by Taverner deserves a place on the shelf of anyone who loves choral music, liturgical music or Gregorian chant, classical music generally, or religious music. It is remarkable!

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